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Luluabourg

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Luluabourg see Kananga , city, Congo. Author not available, LULUABOURG., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008... Read more
Kananga
, formerly Luluabourg , city (1984 pop. 298,693), capital of Kasai-Occidental prov., S central Congo (Kinshasa), on the Lulua River. It is the commercial... Read more
Kasai
, former province, c.124,000 sq mi (321,160 sq km), S central Congo (Kinshasa). Luluabourg (present Kananga ) was the capital. Between the Kasai and the Sankuru rivers the Kuba kingdom of the Shongo people existed from... Read more

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; ...camouflage uniform came striding towards us. "You are under arrest." His voice rose. "You are Belgian spies. You will be taken to Luluabourg and shot." I protested, "Non, non, nous sommes des journalistes anglais." He had seen our passports. He waved this away... Read more
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; ...from their areas. The new constitution has also restored the Luluabourg flag which was designed when the traitors of Patrice Lumumba...signed a peace/ reconciliation deal with pro-Lumumbists in Luluabourg (now Kananga). The "new" national flag comprises a dominant... Read more

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